Re: AP story about the Stardust closing
I went to college at Cal Poly Pomona. For those of you that don't know, Pomona & Ontario was the eastern edge of Los Angeles at the time(Rancho and other IE places had not yet been built up much in the early 90's). A friend came up to me about 2pm on a Tuesday and said he didn't feel like waiting around to go to his 6pm class. So we took off for Vegas. Right there. 3 hours later(again, not so much traffic in the early 90's) we were at the Stardust, and I was plopped down at a $3-6 LHE game. My friend milled around the casino and went to eat. BTW, the scene from swingers was dead on. Nothing but blue hairs in the poker room. I run awesome, and keep making sets. 3 hours later I cash out +$280. The old people weren't happy. Gave my friend the $20 he lost on slots(which he promptly puts back into a slot machine and loses). We had originally planned to go home that night, but were too tired. Saw a sign at Palace Station advertising $20 rooms, so we pulled in. The lady said they actually had a $13 a night room if we didn't mind some noise. Sweet. $13 a night it was. Slept like a log, hit the road at 9am, made it to Pomona in time for my 2pm class.
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